[Slider92]

My computer has been actinga bit weird lately. For example. sometimes when I try to hibernate it hangs when on the blue shutdown screen which says: "Hibernating".

SO I decided to use the SFC Scannow. Then I got the common problem: It wants me to insert the XP Home Edition Disc which I dont have. I however do have a XP Professional Disc, but that won't help me right. I have a DELL PC and did not get a XP CD with it, but I do have a folder in my C:\ disc: C:\i386.
I found out that it is the backup of XP. I also found out that I had to go to the registry and find "Sourcepath" and make it go to C:\. I did that, but the insert XP disc still pops up while scanning.

So my question is: NOW WHAT?!

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There is another setting in the registry that may be causing the problem. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SourcePath

Make sure the entry here is the same path to the I386 folder as used with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Setup\SourcePath

Reboot for the changes to take affect.

Edited by Kniht, 10 September 2007 - 05:26 AM.

[Kniht]

There is another setting in the registry that may be causing the problem. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SourcePath

Make sure the entry here is the same path to the I386 folder as used with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Setup\SourcePath

Reboot for the changes to take affect.

Edited by Kniht, 10 September 2007 - 05:26 AM.

[Slider92]

There is another setting in the registry that may be causing the problem. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SourcePath

Make sure the entry here is the same path to the I386 folder as used with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Setup\SourcePath

Reboot for the changes to take affect.

yes I read that somewhere and checked, but it was as it was supposed to be: Both my Sourcepaths point to C:\

[The Skeptic]

If you operate i386 I think that you will end up formatting the hard disk, which you don't want, I believe. Try to borrow xp home edition and run the process.

[Slider92]

I was planning on formatting my PC already.. or not format, but use the DELL PC Restore. Do you think that would solve the problem?
Note that I'm not restoring my DELL PC to the day I got it because of this problem. I've got some other problems which I would rather not use time on solving when I could use 2 min on the restore.

[The Skeptic]

If you backed up your data and you are aware that formatting will lead to reinstallation of all your applications then go ahead with it. As a matter of policy G2G do not recommend formatting but at the end of the day formatting is, very often, the best and fastest solution for a million software problems.

[Slider92]

I went on with formatting, but something happend again while installing norton antivirus. The "you are missing some XP files....insert XP disc" message appeared again. But I'm not noticing anything special which can be critical so I think I'm just gonna let it be unless I somehow get the Home Edition Disc from somewhere

I got another problem though:

I can't run some video files properly. In Windows Media Player I get this security warning:

"Windows has blocked this software because the publisher can not be verified.
Name: ocget.dll
Publisher: Unknown Publisher"

I can only hear the sound but no picture.

I can however play the video file with VLC Player, but I don't like these kind of problems.

Edited by Slider92, 15 September 2007 - 02:20 PM.

[Kniht]

Open regedit (Start>>Run. In Run type regedit and click OK)

Change the following registry key so that it does not query ocget.dll:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\CodeBaseSearchPath

You may want to backup this key before you make any changes. To do this, click on the Internet Settings key. Go to file>>export. Give the file a name and save to the folder of your choice. This way if something goes amiss you can always merge the exported .reg key back into the registry.

In the right hand pane, double click CodeBaseSearchPath. Then delete the Value data (backspace) so you are left with a blank. Click OK, then close the registry editor.

[Slider92]

Ok thanks! The stupid ocget thing disappeared, I installed the codec I needed and everythings fine!